Our Guiding Principals
We are a company with heart, and everyone we come across matters to us. Driven by purpose, our dedicated team delivers exceptional customer service, consulting, and best-in-class mentoring experiences to help people thrive at work and in life.
High Performance
Deliver high performance; go above and beyond.
Have Fun
Laugh, smile and have fun each day.
Be Authentic
Bring your whole self to work every day.
Collaborate
Collaborate with team members; we win together.
Gratitude
Demonstrate gratitude for colleagues, clients and partners.
Fail fast
Don’t be afraid to try new things; fail fast, learn and move on.
Kindness Matters
Treat everyone with kindness and respect.
The Power of Community
Guided by a passion for developing others, our global network of mentors are seasoned business leaders who bring a breadth of experience and perspectives.
Our mentors are seasoned business leaders who bring a breadth of experiences and perspectives.
We are grateful for our Menttium community of mentees, mentors, and clients who are unlocking potential and making a positive impact on our workplaces and our world.
About Us
As a proud woman-owned, woman-led business since 1991, Menttium is the recognized leader in cultivating professional mentoring experiences that enable leadership development in the global business community.
Our Founding and Leadership
Menttium was founded in 1991 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and started with a cohort of 100 women in the Twin Cities, with the goal to help women break the glass ceiling by providing them with external mentors from various corporations in the area. This groundbreaking idea became a global success, evolving from Minnesota 100 to a global cross-company mentoring program we now call Menttium 100. Today, it’s a driving force for women’s leadership worldwide, proving that innovation and impact know no boundaries.
Lynn Sontag, Menttium’s owner, joined the business in 1996 and took on the CEO role in 2002. Under her leadership, Menttium expanded its program offerings to include additional cross-company programs for professionals of color, emerging leaders, and executives as well as growth across our consulting services to help companies design and implement internal mentoring programs. Menttium expanded its reach and footprint, solidifying our place as the leaders in mentoring. We are proud of not only what we do, but how and why we do it.
2023 marked a year of transition for Menttium, as after more than two decades of leading, Missy Chicre was named the new CEO of Menttium. Now in another new phase of growth under Missy’s leadership and with our Menttium Team Awesome, Menttium is focused on more through mentoring. Missy relies on her background in change and talent management, as well as a passion for helping people thrive, to push the status quo. We use insights from decades of data and experience to inform our decisions, anticipating market and social trends so we can deliver meaningful mentoring experiences that benefit both individual mentees and their organizations. We are driven by our mission and doubling down on the power of authentic human connection; expect more mentoring solutions, more innovation, and more impact through mentoring!
